Aeolochroma hypochromaria (Guenée, 1857)
 (one synonym : Pseudoterpna bryophanes Turner, 1904)
GEOMETRINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Steven Dodge, Nowra, New South Wales)

The adult moths of this species have a complex brown and dark green pattern on the wings. The green fades to brown in old specimens. The wingspan is about 3.5 cms.


Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The species is found in

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Uranides et Phalénites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée : Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 9 (1857), p. 234, No. 351.

    Buck Richardson,
    Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
    LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 74.

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    (updated 21 December 2010, 9 September 2018, 30 June 2019)